Nathan Ellis

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Giles Smart
Assistant: Lee Byrne

Film, TV & Theatre

Nathan Ellis is a British writer. He was a member of the Royal Court Invitation Writers’ Supergroup 2018-19 led by Alice Birch and Ali Mcdowall. He was a member of the Channel 4 Screenwriting Group 2023 and BBC WritersRoom Drama Room 2021-22. In 2020 his play SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION was Shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award. It was performed at the Soho Theatre in 2022 directed by Blanche McIntyre (★★★★★ Daily Mail) and in the repertoire at Staatstheater Kassel in 2023 directed by Manon Pfrunder. His play work.txt (a play without actors) opened at the Soho Theatre in 2022 and received ★★★★★ from The Guardian as well as winning awards at the Adelaide Fringe and Dublin Fringe and being invited to the Caravan International Showcase 2022. The show is currently on an international tour (Australia, Germany, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Egypt) and has been translated into six languages. His first play NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU ('a blazing debut' The Stage) was invited to Incoming Festival 2019 and in 2023 in Italian at Teatro Belli, Rome. He is the Artistic Director of theatre company SUBJECT OBJECT and is a Creative Associate of the Nottingham Playhouse.

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PARADISE

Mam Tor

UNTITLED

Character 7

WHEN THEY ALL VANISH

Feline Films

Writers Room

Theatre

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INSTRUCTIONS

2024

Edinburgh Fringe, Summerhall

NACHTFLUG

2023

Climate Change Theatre Action

SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION

2023

Staatstheater Kassel, Germany

Dir. Manon Pfrunder

SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION

2022

Soho Theatre

Dir. Blanche McIntyre
5 stars - Daily Mail

WORK.TXT

2022

Soho Theatre, Summerhall, International Tour (Egypt, Germany, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands)

Written & Directed by Nathan Ellis
5 stars - The Guardian
*Best Theatre Adelaide Fringe
*Innovation Award Dublin Fringe

US IN THE PAST

2021

Climate Change Theatre Action at Schauspielhaus Graz, Váci Dunakanyar Theater

Short Play

STILL LIFE

2021

Nottingham Playhouse

A piece of digital theatre collecting untold stories from Nottingham.

WORK.TXT

2019 - 2020

Yard Theatre, Bunker Theatre, New Diorama Theatre, VAULT, Summerhall

Written & Directed by Nathan
4 stars - The Guardian
*Innovation Award Nominee at VAULT Festival 2020
*The short was chosen as one of six short plays out of nearly two thousand submissions to Pintsized in 2019

NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU

2018

Bunker Theatre; Pleasance, Edinburgh; Nottingham Playhouse and National Tour

Dir. Charlotte Fraser
Experimental play about alienation and insomnia.
“a strikingly mature work.” -​ The Stage, 4 stars